 | 1858 - 878 pagina’s
...use of the steam of boiling water.' I began to laugh. ' This man,' continued the keeper, ' is named Solomon de Caus ; he came from Normandy four years ago, to present to the king a statement of the wonderful effects that might be produced from his invention. To listen... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1859 - 296 pagina’s
...opposes it.' 'What is his discovery T I asked the man who showed us over the place. 'Ah!' exclaimed lie, shrugging his shoulders, ' something very simple,...it, carriages propelled, and numerous other wonders effected. . . . The Cardinal sent away the fool without listening to him. But De Cans, un discouraged,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 434 pagina’s
...application of boiling water. ' I burst out laughing. ' This man, ' continued the keeper, ' calls himself Solomon De Caus ; he came from Normandy four years ago to present to the king a treatise upon the wonderful effects of steam. Cardinal Richelieu dismissed this madman... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1876 - 1012 pagina’s
...use of the steam of boiling water.' I began to laugh. ' This man,' continued the keeper, ' is named Solomon de Caus ; he came from Normandy four years ago, to present to the king a statement of the wonderful effects that might be produced from his invention. To listen... | |
 | Richard Smith Elliott - 1883 - 358 pagina’s
...enough ; you would never guess it ; it is the use of the steam of boiling water. This man is named Solomon de Caus ; he came from Normandy, four years ago, to present to the king a statement of the wonderful effects that might be produced from his invention. To listen... | |
 | James Burnley - 1886 - 420 pagina’s
...discovery which will enrich the country that so violently opposes it.' ' What is his discovery ? ' I asked the man who showed us over the place. ' Ah ! ' exclaimed...it, carriages propelled, and numerous other wonders effected The Cardinal sent away the fool without listening to him. But De Caus, undiscouraged, followed... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1841 - 650 pagina’s
...use of th» steam of boiling water.' I began to laugh. ' This man,' continued the keeper, ' is named Solomon de Caus ; he came from Normandy, four years ago, to present to the king a statement of the wonderful effects that might be produced from his invention. To listen... | |
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His name,' continued the keeper, ' is Solomon de Caus. He came from Normandy, four years ago, to present a memoir to the king on the subject of the marvellous effects to be obtained by his invention. According to him, machinery could be moved by it, carriages... 
